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High risk of lodging in the late growth stage of wheat this year
This spring, the wheat green-up stage was generally threatened by drought, and during the standing-up to jointing stage, all localities actively carried out irrigation. In addition, around the jointing stage there was weather with excessive rainfall, higher temperatures and reduced sunlight, causing the basal stems of wheat after jointing, especially the first
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How Can Rural Community Development Highlight Countryside Characteristics
The "rural communities with countryside characteristics" referred to here are compared with urban communities. At present, the different communities in Chinese cities have formed along with the rapid development of China's social economy, and have obvious characteristics such as a large and concentrated population, strong government support, diverse residents' occupations, convenient community service facilities, a high degree of network informatization, and very little interpersonal interaction among residents.
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China's out-of-quota corn imports carry high risks
Although the widening price gap between domestic corn and the international market has made full-tariff corn imports more attractive, analysts point out that out-of-quota imports carry significant risks, mainly because domestic corn stocks are huge, and auctions of state-reserve corn could narrow the price gap between domestic and international markets.
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Soybean farmers hope for a higher soybean target price
According to a sample survey of 5 counties (cities) in Heilongjiang Province, the grain-planting intentions of surveyed households showed a "two increases and one decrease" trend, namely an increase in rice, an increase in corn, and a decrease in soybeans, with soybeans down 13.9% among surveyed households. The reasons include the following aspects: First, rice and corn still have an efficiency advantage.
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Why Are Urea Prices So High in China?
In recent years, China's urea price has basically been the lowest in the world, especially last year. Under normal circumstances, China's urea FOB price per ton is 20~30 USD lower than the international price, sometimes even 50 USD lower. Moreover, many people have become accustomed to China's low urea prices, as if
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Domestic Grain Prices Are High, Chinese Farmers Can Rent Land Overseas
Not long ago, Chen Zhangliang, Vice Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology and member of its Secretariat, gave an exclusive interview to Phoenix Net, discussing the opportunities, challenges and strategies for Chinese agriculture going global. Having served as president of China Agricultural University for 6 years and as vice chairman of Guangxi in charge of agriculture for 6 years, Chen Zhangliang not only
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High-standard farmland construction receives 23.5 billion yuan in central government financial support
On September 7, the reporter learned from the Ministry of Finance that in 2015 the central government had allocated 23.565 billion yuan in comprehensive agricultural development funds for high-standard farmland projects, which are expected to build 27.7745 million mu of high-standard farmland, with an average increase in grain production capacity of more than 100 kg per mu. National Agricultural Comprehensive Development Office
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Agricultural product price reform requires reforming subsidy policies to boost competitiveness through high efficiency
The "Several Opinions on Advancing Price Mechanism Reform" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") proposes to improve the price formation mechanism for agricultural products, with agricultural product prices mainly determined by the market. The "Opinions" make clear that China will adjust and improve "amber box" (under the Agreement on Agriculture, policies that distort production and trade are called "amber box" policies) support policies, gradually expand the scale and scope of "green box" support policies, continue to implement and improve the minimum purchase price policy for rice and wheat, reform and improve the corn purchase and storage system, continue to implement the pilot reform of target prices for cotton and soybeans, and improve the methods for distributing subsidies.<br /> <br /> For many years, the agricultural sector has been exploring agricultural support policies that do not distort the market and are more efficient, with more "green box" and less "amber box." An official from the Ministry of Agriculture told a reporter from the Daily Economic News, "What is being carried out now is the target price pilot for soybeans and cotton, which also represents the direction of reform for most agricultural products in the future, including grain varieties. The current agricultural subsidy measures are relatively inefficient and in fact have caused a certain degree of market distortion, the so-called 'foreign goods' entering the market and 'domestic goods' entering warehouses."<br /> <br /> <strong> The juncture for shifting from "amber box" to "green box" has arrived</strong><br /> <br /> According to the commitments China made when joining the WTO, agricultural subsidies cannot exceed 8.5% of agricultural output value, and as agricultural production costs gradually rise, the current agricultural subsidy policy is approaching the "amber box" ceiling.<br /> <br /> At present, the prices of the vast majority of China's agricultural products are already formed by market supply and demand, while the measures through which the government truly intervenes in prices mainly include the minimum purchase price policy implemented respectively for rice and wheat, the two key staple grain varieties, in the main producing areas starting in 2004 and 2006, as well as the temporary purchase and storage of bulk agricultural products such as corn, rapeseed, and cotton since 2008.<br /> <br /> Supported by market-support purchase prices and temporary storage prices that have risen almost year by year, domestic agricultural product prices have become "inverted" relative to international prices. At present, international soybean, corn, and wheat prices are 1,175 yuan, 923 yuan, and 626 yuan per ton lower than domestic prices, respectively. "When China joined the WTO, it promised that agricultural subsidies could not exceed 8.5% of agricultural output value. This is a restriction on government subsidies that distort production and trade, and now subsidies for some of our products have already crossed that limit." Han Jun, deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs, said recently that as the squeezing effect of the rising "floor" of domestic grain production costs becomes more and more obvious, part of the "amber box" subsidies must now be shifted to the "green box."<br /> <br /> Strengthen monitoring of agricultural product prices<br /> <br /> "Although the intensity of protection for agricultural products has not diminished, countries such as those in Europe, the United States, Japan, and South Korea have shown a trend of reducing the intensity of agricultural subsidy support, paying more attention to enhancing their own agricultural industry competitiveness." Zhang Hongyu, director of the Department of Rural Economic Management of the Ministry of Agriculture, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from the Daily Economic News, "China must also focus on considering the 'transformation of methods and adjustment of structure' of agriculture from the perspective of improving agriculture's capacity for sustainable development, and take an intensive modern agricultural development path featuring an efficient agricultural industry, safe products, resource conservation, and environmental friendliness."<br /> <br /> According to the "Opinions," China will also strengthen the investigation of agricultural product costs and price monitoring, accelerate the establishment of a global agricultural data investigation and analysis system, and provide important support for the government in formulating policies on agricultural product prices and agricultural subsidies. "Agricultural product cost survey data are an effective basis for scientifically formulating a series of policies benefiting farmers, and under the current situation of continuously rising agricultural production costs, they are especially important." A person engaged in local statistical work told the reporter, "It is necessary to understand local farmers' planting and breeding habits and grasp information such as farmers' preferences in using chemical fertilizers and pesticides, land transfer prices, and the marketing costs of agricultural products." "Considering it along the lines of Internet Plus, if big data on agricultural product production costs, market price fluctuations, international price references, and even comparisons of foreign agricultural product costs can be formed, it will have a profound impact on China's agricultural development." Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Rural Development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that "this can not only help solve the prominent problems existing in China's agriculture, but can also bring broad application prospects in areas such as agricultural socialized services and agricultural science and technology."
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National Grain Administration: Summer grain hits a new high of 282.1 billion jin, autumn grain purchasing gets underway
On the morning of the 9th, the National Grain Administration announced the progress of this year's summer grain purchasing in China and the preparations for autumn grain purchasing. This year, China's summer grain output hit a new high again, reaching 282.1 billion jin, an increase of 8.9 billion jin year on year. At the same time, summer grain purchasing in the main producing areas proceeded smoothly. At present
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High-temperature-tolerant new shiitake variety Jinxi No. 1 successfully demonstrated and promoted in Shaanxi
It is understood that Shaanxi Jinxi Biotechnology Development Co., Ltd. was established in 2010, located in Yankou Town, Xixiang County, Hanzhong City, and specializes in bag-cultivated shiitake cultivation, product processing and sales. In recent years, the company has worked hard to develop new varieties, providing scientific and technological support for industrial progress.
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